Matthew 6:20
But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Text-Critical English NT
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In Context
21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Cross References
Matthew 19:21Jesus said to him, “If yoʋ wish to be perfect, go sell what yoʋ have and give to the poor, and yoʋ will have treasure in heaven; then come follow me.”
Luke 18:22When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing yoʋ still lack: Sell everything yoʋ have and distribute the money to the poor, and yoʋ will have treasure in heaven; then come follow me.”
1 Timothy 6:19treasuring up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, so that they may take hold of eternal life.
Hebrews 11:26He considered the reproach of Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was focused on the reward.
1 Peter 1:4to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
Revelation 2:9I know yoʋr works, yoʋr tribulation, and yoʋr poverty—yet yoʋ are rich! I know the slander of those who declare themselves to be Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:20-25
The Sermon on the Mount. 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be… Read the whole commentary →